Sentence examples for modest bribe from inspiring English sources
Tribal militiamen in the Terai might accept a more modest bribe.
A company of marines could perhaps slip through an Iraqi Army checkpoint on payment of a modest bribe.
One, sporting braces, sparkly lavender eye shadow and a pair of Winnie-the-Pooh mittens, begged, whined, offered a modest bribe and flirted with the detective, all in the hope that she could get a glimpse of Derek Jeter.
Mr. Vijayakumar, 51, is a bureaucrat in the southern state of Karnataka, and he has a penchant for chastising colleagues who supplement their modest salaries with bribes, kickbacks and garden-variety pilferage.
The coalition government did away with this largesse during its very first month in power, and in month two it also ditched the separate Saving Gateway scheme to offer 8 million adults of modest means a 50p bribe for every pound they put away for a rainy day.
Or, "Have you brought me some tea money?" Unlike more serious bribes, these very modest payouts, formally known as "facilitating payments," are not against the laws of the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South Korea, when made abroad.
While the bribes and unlawful gifts were modest, the real problem was the absence of effective compliance measures to prevent such misconduct.
He said they had clearly targeted lower division football clubs because the cost of bribing the players "on their modest wages" was cheaper than approaching players from the higher leagues.
He admits that he has received some modest gifts himself but denies allegations that these are bribes, saying there is no point in bribing him since he has no vote to sell, not being on the committee which chooses the winning city.
At the time of his appointment, Mr. Aliyev raised great hopes in a populace furious over corruption; a longtime Communist Party figure, he was known for steadfastly refusing bribes and lived, famously, in a modest three-room apartment.
